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"Shades of Gray" is a saying used often in connection with Heroes. I myself have used it...well, we'll just leave it at 'often.' The morally questionable nature of Heroes' characters and their action is one of the most intriguing aspects of the sh...
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Send a Compliment at 0:27 PDT, 10 March, 2009Heroes Scoop! Smallville's Lionel Luthor to Play Sylar's Dad
Lex Luthor and Sylar will soon have more in common than being TV baddies: The two will share a dad when Smallville vet John Glover arrives on Heroes as Sylar's father.
Glover has previously played Lex's dad, Lionel, but he'll be appearing sometime .........
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Cornelius Send a Compliment at 9:10 PST, 11 December, 2008Found: Lionel Luthor (on Brothers & Sisters!)
John Glover - probably know to most as Lionel Luther on Smallville for quite a few seasons, has been cast on Brothers & Sisters...as a love interest for Saul!
The deal is for at least 3 episodes.
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Heroes Scoop! Smallville's Lionel Luthor to Play Sylar's Dad
Lex Luthor and Sylar will soon have more in common than being TV baddies: The two will share a dad when Smallville vet John Glover arrives on Heroes as Sylar's father.
Glover has previously played Lex's dad, Lionel, but he'll be appearing sometime .........
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Found: Lionel Luthor (on Brothers & Sisters!)
John Glover - probably know to most as Lionel Luther on Smallville for quite a few seasons, has been cast on Brothers & Sisters...as a love interest for Saul!
The deal is for at least 3 episodes.
Source and Image: EW
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Glover was born in Kingston, NY, the son of Cade and John Soursby Glover, Sr., a television salesman. Glover attended Wicomico High School and acted at Towson University. His partner is the sculptor Adam Kurtzman. Glover is also actively involved with the Alzheimer's Association. His inspiration for joining this cause was his own father's experience with Alzheimer's Disease.
His notable roles include Alan Ramey in 52 Pick-Up, Bryce Cummings in Scrooged, Daniel Clamp in Gremlins 2: The New Batch, a mobster in Payback, an advertising spokesman in Robocop 2, a hitman in Night of the Running Man, The Riddler in Batman: The Animated Series, Doctor Jason Woodrue in Batman and Robin, Verad in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Invasive Procedures", The Devil in the series Brimstone, and the role of Lionel Luthor on Smallville.
He has also made notable appearances on stage, winning a Tony Award for Featured Actor in a Play for his dual roles in the Broadway play Love! Valour! Compassion!, which he reprised in the film version. He also appeared as "man in the chair/narrator" in The Drowsy Chaperone on Broadway during Summer 2007.
Glover also had a small appearance in the Woody Allen film Annie Hall. In a flashback to a scene from the title character's past he utters the line: "Touch my heart. With your foot". He has a recurring role in Law & Order: Criminal Intent, playing Declan Gage an old friend and mentor to Detective Robert Goren.
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Graduated from Towson State Teacher's College (now Towson University). Recently received an honorary Masters degree.
Has been in three separate productions associated with DC comics. First as the Riddler in "Batman" (1992), Dr. Jason Woodrue in Batman & Robin (1997), then as Lionel Luthor in "Smallville" (2001).
Studies acting with Milton Katselas at the Beverly Hills Playhouse
Visits his Alma Mater Towson University in Maryland regularly to work with drama students in the Fine Arts College.
Won Broadway's 1995 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for the dual roles of John Jeckyll and James Jeckyll in Terence McNally's "Love! Valour! Compassion!", parts he recreated in the film version of the same title, Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997).
Since the mid-1990s, his romantic partner has been the sculptor Adam Kurtzman.
For his role as an assassin in NBC's Grass Roots (1992) (TV) he spent four hours daily in the make-up chair.
For three college summers, he worked at a small theater in southwestern Virginia.
He splits time between Los Angeles and Vancouver, British Columbia, where the WB series "Smallville" (2001) films.
John Glover Summary
John Soursby Glover, Jr. (born August 7, 1944) is an American award-winning actor, perhaps best known for a range of villainous roles in films and television, including Lionel Luthor in the TV series Smallville.
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